First Drive Review: Skoda Rapid Spaceback
Skoda has remoulded its Rapid compact saloon into a shorter hatchback shape in a bid to appeal to the UK market, where shrunken saloons aren't particularly well loved. The more A3-like shape is ex...
Contract Hire and Leasing News by John Simpson
Best new car sales since March 2008: 63-plate provides 12.1% boost
The arrival of the 63-plate resulted in the highest new car registrations in a single month since March 2008. According to the SMMT, 403,136 new cars were registered in September, 12.1% more than ...
Virgin Money invest fleet management to CLM
CLM has been tasked with maintaining Virgin Money’s vehicle fleet. The finance company, which last year expanded into a bank, operates 43 cars and five LCVs throughout the UK, all wrapped in the ...
Review: Chevrolet Trax
The Trax is Chevrolet’s first small SUV after apparently inventing the SUV in 1935 with the Suburban. If there’s something strangely familiar about the Trax, that’s because it shares a lot with Vau...
Osborne could freeze fuel duty until May 2015
There will be no increases to fuel duty until 2015, George Osborne has promised at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester today. The Chancellor revealed that as long as the Coalition cou...
Transport industry needs information to prepare for Commonwealth Games
Organisers behind the Commonwealth Games, set to be hosted in Glasgow next July, need to work with transport companies and provide as much information to ensure disruption to surrounding roads is m...
October set to inflate tyre awareness with Tyre Safety Month
Motorists will be urged to show a little love for their tyres all throughout October as Tyre Safety Month kicks off. Organised by road safety group TyreSafe, 2013’s campaign will encourage motori...
Euro NCAP to begin assessing self-braking systems
Euro NCAP will include crash avoidance technology in their crash test ratings from 2014. The safety assessors is currently testing a number of cars equipped with autonomous emergency braking and ...
Government pours another £80m into busting local congestion
Another £80million of Government funding has been set aside to tackle pinch points on local roads, in addition to £190m invested since March. Just under a third of this fresh funding (£25m) has a...
New Toyota Proace vans join material handling fleet
Toyota has added more than 100 Proace vans to its material handling fleet. The mid-size van’s first major UK fleet deal consisted of 116 long wheelbase, standard height models, powered by a 126bh...
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